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Synopsis: There's a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn't know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nestor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raul Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: Republic
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
45
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
78 min
205 Views


Of course, Venezuela is important. . .

it is the third largest producer

oil.

I would say that Chvez. . .

and the Department of State

might say that. . .

not have good intentions

Compared to the U.S..

Chvez's reforms have caused

Resistance of the oligarchy of the country.

We have a lying government.

They're a bunch of bastards.

Controlled the Venezuelan media

and used it to stir opposition.

Also mobilized officers

within the armed forces ...

and received U.S. aid

and Spain.

I think the most reasonable

for the president and his cabinet. . .

is to submit his resignation. . .

or disappear from the country.

A business man,

Pedro Carmona ...

was chosen to be

the new president.

He was taken to make Spain Condo

measures for the presidential sash.

The coup against Chavez had

only one reason:
oil.

Bush's plan.

First, Chavez.

Oil.

Second, Saddam.

-Iraq.

-The cause of the coup in Venezuela. . .

and the invasion of Iraq

is the same:
oil.

On April 11, 2002 ...

groups of Chavez supporters

and members of the opposition ...

in local marches were

different city.

Later, members

opposition decided ...

through the city toward

the Government Palace ...

where Chavez supporters

were assembled.

He wants us to be like Cuba.

He wants us to be like Cuba.

There's no doubt.

Chavez, go f*** yourself, you dog!

As they approached the palace,

suddenly ...

shots were fired from buildings,

and members from both sides ...

were hit in the head.

On a bridge, supporters

hid ...

reciprocated shots of shooters

elite. And against the police ...

who shot them,

two blocks away.

The local press shows

Chavez's supporters ...

shooting the bridge, then showed

the street where the people were hit ...

by snipers.

Manipulating the video to think

that supporters of Chavez ...

had fired the lethal shots.

The press also said

that Chvez himself ...

ordered the massacre

and had used to justify ...

the coup that was already happening.

In the end, it was this that caused

the defeat of Chavez.

Armed gangs loyal

Venezuelan President ...

shots fired from thousands

of opposition members.

After 16 people killed

and hundreds injured ...

last night, soldiers surrounded

the presidential palace.

Mr. President,

I was loyal to you.

That is what the leader of the army

said on national television.

But the assassination of Venezuelan

today was unbearable.

I was under the bridge,

that day.

And I saw the street was empty,

when shots were fired.

When I got home and watched CNN

publicizing this and other stations ...

I was shocked.

There was a guy up there,

on the second floor of that building.

He started shooting, and many

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Mark Weisbrot

Mark Alan Weisbrot is an American economist and columnist. He is co-director with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C. Weisbrot is President of Just Foreign Policy, a non-governmental organization dedicated to reforming United States foreign policy. more…

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